Zhenjiang
situated the southern part of Jiangsu Province,on the south
bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River,with Nanjing
to the west,Shanghai,Suzhou,Wuxi and Changzhou to the east;
and Yangzhou in the north across the river,Zhenjiang is a
historically and culturally famous city approved by the State
Council,which integrates industry,port and tourism into
a whole.

ZHENJIANG has ascendant environment for investment.
It has five essential conditions of logistics,resources,water supply,land and urban base,which are necessary for
the establishment of large-scale enterprises,and the conditions
of water supply,electricity,gas,post and telecommunication
are among the top in the Yangtze River Delta. Seven economic
development zones are scattered along the Yangtze River and
highways. Fifty square kilometershas been developed,with
perfect infrastructure and living facilities and visible industry
characteristics. Gold East Paper,Chi Mei Chemical Industry,GPPC Plastics,Liancheng Chemicals,Lichangrong Chemical Industry,Haili Electronics,Kenuoshuangfeng Wood Industry,Yijin Photoelectricity
and other world-famous enterprises have settled in the Development
Zones. A group of leading industrial bases has formed in Zhenjiang,including papermaking-the largest in Asia,engineering plastics-the
largest in China,main machine for laser-electronic products,cylinder for vehicle engine,optical-fiber telecommunication
products representing the world technology,wood processing
and bicycle. Zhenjiang Export Processing Zone,approved by
the State Council,will start operation soon,which provides
a newer opportunity and a development platform for investors
in Zhenjiang.

It
has a vast range of prospects to invest in Zhenjiang. In order
to carry out the strategy of development along the Yangtze
River in Jiangsu,Zhenjiang took the lead in compiling "Program
of Coastal Industries Belt",preferentially developing
photoelectricity,papermaking,zoological chemistry and new
material,cultivating the production bases of road machine,specific engineering ship and facilities,engineering appliance,metallurgy tool,specific vehicle and auto fittings,and foodstuff,stepping up the scenic area construction of Jinshan Mount,Jiaoshan Mount,Beigu Mount,Nanshan Mount,Baohua Mount ,and Shiyezhou-a national level scenic spot,and Runyang Bridge
Theme Park. It stresses the modern logistics,centering on
the great bridges and ports. Upon the base of industry program,86 key projects are presented for investment promotion,including
automibles,ships,machinery,electronics,chemical industry,textile,light industry,metallurgy,construction material,agriculture,infrastructure,zone area development,and tourism,providing a vast range of prospects for investors to invest
in Zhenjiang.

Zhenjiang has preferential policies for investment.
Upon the base of State preferential policies for foreign invested
enterprises,Zhenjiang has drawn 11 items of preferential
policies,covering tax refund,fees reduction or exemption,land usage,state-owned enterprise merging,etc,encouraging
from both home and abroad to invest in Zhenjiang ,set up
business,and share the development.

Zhenjiang will accompany you to enter a bright
and colorful world.

Ten Advantages to the
Development along the Yangtze River in Zhenjiang

1. Regional advantage
It is located in the prosperous and richly endowed Yangtze
Delta. The "golden crossing watercourse" of Yangtze
River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal cross here at Zhenjiang.

2. Harbor and port advantage
It is a first-class open coastal city of the State. The harbor
has 20 berths of 10,000 tonnages,and has established relations
of shipment business with over 120 harbors in the world.

3. Shoreline advantage
It has 259.4 km of Yangtze River coastal lines,of which 67.8
km is below -10 meters.

4. Transportation advantage
The Beijing-Shanghai Railway and the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway
goes through Zhenjiang from west to east. It is 2.5 hours'
drive away from Shanghai and 1 hour's drive from Nanjing.

5. Resource advantage
Jianbi Power Plant has an installed capacity of 1,625,000
kilowatts.

6. Water resource advantage
It is a coastal city,with abundant water resource and high-quality
water.

7. Talent advantage
There are Jiangsu University,Eastern China Shipping Industry
Institute and other higher education institutions as well
as a group of secondary technical schools,with over 50,000
students at school.

9. Environment advantage
It is a historically and culturally famous city,scenery-tourism
city,and coastal economic open region.

10. Cost advantage
The price for land or labor is evidently lower that of the
eastern region.

ZHENJIANG New Area (Zhenjiang Economic &
Technical development zone of Jiangsu Province) is optimized
from the two former provincial-level Development Zones: Zhenjiang
Economic & Technical Development Zone (authorized to establish
in 1991),Zhenjiang Dagang Economic Development Zone (authorized
to establish in 1992). It includes Chemical Industry Park,Mechanic & Electronic Industry Park,Photoelectricity
Industry Park,Taiwan Industry Park,New & Hi-tech Industry
Development Park and ExportProcessing Zone,covering a total
area of 82 square kilometers,Fomous multinationals from over
20 countries and regions,such as USA,Singapore,Japan,Korea,France,Spain,Italy,Taiwan,Hongkong,have come and invested
in the Development Zone,Up to the end of 2002,the number
of projects approved to be set in the Zone has reached 800,of which 145 is foreign-capital projects,the accumulated
contract foreign-capital has reached US$ 3.188 billion,contracted
utilized foreign-capital has reached US$ 2.99 billion,and
US$ 2.126 billion has entered the account. Gold East Paper,Chi Mei Chemical Industry,GPPC Plastics,Allray Photoelectricity,Cargill Feed,Total LPG,Total Lube,Thai Hinlong Food,Jianlibao
Beverage,Kotch Asphalt,Nantdi Chemicals,Laitaixiang,Ulide,Liancheng Chemicals and other world famous enterprises have
invested in the Development Zone. A group of leading industrial
bases has formed in Zhenjiang,including papermaking-the largest
in Asia,cylinder for vehicle engine and main machine for
laser-electronic products-the largest in China,optical-fiber
telecommunication products representing the world technology.
Five pillar industries as papermaking,chemicals,auto parts,photoelectricity and biomedicine have formed hereby.

DANTU Economic Development Zone is a provincial-level
development zone. It is located in the beautiful and richly
endowed Yangtze River Delta,situated in Gaozi Township,the
western suburb of Zhenjiang,It is 230 kilometers eastward
to the metropolitan Shanghai,and 50 kilometers westward to
Nanjing,capital of Jiangsu province.

Dantu Economic Development Zone covers an area
of 22 square kilometers,stressing on the development of essential
chemical industry,and energy.Metallurgy ,port logistics
and coastal industries,will be combined into Nanjing petrol-chemical
circlewith provincial key chemical industries along the Yangtze
River.